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noun Sociology.

a requirement for the survival of any social system, as communication, control of conflict, or socialization.

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Moreover, for America there is a fundamental imperative to act.
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For Reid, the imperative has to be confirming as many of the 34 district court nominees that are in the pipeline as possible.
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“Southland was an incredibly functional show where everyone wanted to be there,” says McKenzie.
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As with Xerox copier, 3-D printers have become smaller, cheaper, and more functional over time.
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Essentially he is arguing that there are functional trade-offs in developmental biology.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
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Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
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Nature, ever buoyant and imperative, does her best to remedy the ills created by "Man's inhumanity to Man."
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It is an important point in diagnosis between functional and organic conditions.
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